Laju E. Oyewoli Poems

Who has broken my calabash
Who has smashed my waterpot
Who has laid me bare and fenceless
I am already sold for doom
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For I have caged it
Fiercely and tightly
Never to wander astray
For I have caged it
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I remembered the night we met
At the lake of many colours
Where the moon shined incrystalline shapes
Filling the atmosphere with the aroma of lavender
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Poseidon the great
The Greek god of sea
Whose mighty waters shakes the earth
As the inhabitants of the earthtremble
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So I was told
How the lion fell in love with the lamb
How the hunter fell in love with the hunted
Andthe prey fell in love with the predator
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Take me to Jerusalem
The land of peace
And ubiquitous beauty
That I may rest from the worldly peril of life
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Pandoras box
Filled with unimaginable doom
And unprecedented gloom
Pandoras box
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I miss him
Yes I miss him
I miss his tenderness and fondness
I miss his gentle composure andhis masculine aura
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I found my passion
I found my calling
I found my creativity
I found my skills
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I was given no chance of survival
I was gifted with a gift of hopelessness
And I was left reluctantly to wither away
At the hands of a dreaded illness
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